HCC §24-75
Rules for vehicle warning lights
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains the rules for warning lamps on vehicles. These lamps warn other drivers about a traffic hazard. It sets where the lamps must be mounted, what colors they can flash, and how far away they must be visible at night.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Warning lamp specifications
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps which may be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, and when so equipped may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this chapter. (b) The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. (c) The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color between amber and red. (d) The warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than fifteen hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night. Subdivision 7. Road Lighting Equipment.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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